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Quintet From PA, NC Nabbed By Teaneck Detectives With Three Kilos Of Coke Off NJ Turnpike
Teaneck police seized three kilos of cocaine along with three men from Pennsylvania and two from North Carolina during a traffic stop.
Two vehicles traveling together were stopped by township detectives near the Glenpointe complex just off the New Jersey Turnpike during a drug investigation, Teaneck Police Chief Andrew McGurr said.
The 6½ pounds of coke had an estimated street value of about $60,000, the chief said.
Taken into custody, he said, were Elias Reyes-Diaz, 42, Nelson Ramos-Claudio, 29, and Osvaldo Reyes-Jimenez, 28, all of Reading, PA, and Gastonia, NC residents Ramon Pumarol-Ro…
Ex-Con Kidnapper Gets 43 Years, No Parole, For Rape, Arson, Assault Rampage Through NJ, NY, PA
UPDATE: An ex-con who kidnapped and raped his ex-girlfriend in Pennsylvania, then torched a used car dealership in Paterson and rammed a stolen SUV into police cars at both ends of the George Washington Bridge was sentenced to 43 years in federal prison.
Luis Figueroa, 42, first took a plea deal from the government that called for him to serve 26 years in a federal penitentiary.
Then he abruptly withdrew his plea, took his chances with a trial – and lost.
Federal jurors in Newark convicted Figueroa in May 2022 of kidnapping, criminal sexual abuse, illegal gun possession and assaulting…
Watch: YouTube Video Shows Rapper Assaulting Bergen Shop Rite Worker, Harassing Customers
One way to pretty much guarantee you'll be arrested is to record a crime and post it on YouTube -- in high def, no less. Just ask drill music rapper Nas Ebk.
Nasir Valenzuela, who has produced prank videos that push the limits of legality, joined two accomplices in harassing and intimidating customers and employees at the ShopRite in Rochelle Park while recording it.
Some of their targets laughed it off. At least one seemed intimidated. Others simply ignored them.
One worker, in particular, wasn't having it, though.
The video shows Valenzuela, 19, of the Bronx, snatching the stock cler…
$150M Bank Fraud: Teaneck Landlord Gets 8 Years, No Parole
A Teaneck landlord must spend the next eight years in federal prison -- without parole -- for orchestrating a $150 million bank and securities fraud scheme.
Seth Levine, 53, was the founding partner, owner, and managing member of Norse Holdings, the parent company to more than 70 subsidiaries, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said.
Each of the subsidiary companies owned one or more multifamily buildings, mostly in New Jersey, he said.
Beginning in 2009, Levine directed a scheme for nearly a decade to fraudulently refinance the multifamily properties by lying on refinancing appli…
Update: Food Network Kosher Chef From Teaneck Charged With Teen Sex Assaults
An accomplished kosher chef from Teaneck who appeared on the Food Network show "Chopped" was jailed on child sex assault charges.
Shalom Yehudiel, 40, of Surfside, FL, remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Thursday, March 17, following his arrest the day before, records show.
Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella issued a statement that said, in part:
"On Friday, Nov. 19, 2021, the FBI contacted the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit regarding the alleged sexual assault of a child. A months-long investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and the FBI …
Flawed DNA Test Gets Bergen Man Doing Life For Beating, Burning Woman, 70, New Trial
DNA evidence found under the fingernails of a 70-year-old Bergen County woman bludgeoned and burned in her home wasn’t reliable enough to convict a man who’s now serving a life sentence for her murder, a state appeals court ruled.
Daniel Rochat, 46, of Wood-Ridge, has already been moved from New Jersey State Prison in Trenton to the Bergen County Jail in Hackensack in anticipation of a new trial following the Appellate Division ruling.
He remains charged with various counts of murder and felony murder, as well as aggravated arson, desecrating human remains, burglary, hindering arrest and f…
Teaneck Woman Assumes Dead Brother's ID To Get $20G In Social Security, Authorities Charge
A home health care worker from Teaneck assumed her dead brother’s identity to collect more than $20,000 in Social Security disability money, authorities charged.
Wanda Lynn Sermon, 55, “failed to notify the Social Security Administration of her brother’s death and instead assumed control of his bank account,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Wednesday.
For the next 16 months, Musella said, Sermon “continued to access Social Security disability benefit funds intended for [him],” pocketing $20,438 in the process.
Detectives from his Financial Crimes Unit began investigating this su…
Punk Godmother Patti Smith, Alex Hamilton, Ron Jaworski Among NJ Hall Of Fame Inductees
Patti Smith didn’t know what to expect when she popped in the cassette that Bruce Springsteen had given her.
Soon after, the godmother of punk poetry wrote a simple love song, punctuated by a big Boss arena-rock chorus.
“Because the Night” became a late ‘70s anthem of sorts, one that introduced many listeners to Patricia Lee Smith – who, like Springsteen, lived in the Garden State.
Smith, 74, will be among two dozen new inductees to the New Jersey Hall of Fame, it was announced Tuesday.
Among those joining Smith -- the former Pitman resident and Deptford High School graduate -- will be he…
TD Banks Help Police Bust NJ Fraudster In Chester County, Authorities Say
A 30-year-old New Jersey woman was busted fraudulently trying to withdraw money from other people's bank accounts in Chester County, authorities said.
Aysha Aguilu, of Hackensack, NJ, first attempted to withdraw the money from a West Chester TD bank branch the morning of Thursday, May 27, West Whiteland Police Det. Scott Pezick said.
That bank alerted other TD Bank branches in the area, so when Aguilu came to the Exton branch later that day, bank officials immediately called police, Pezick said.
There, Aguilu had been trying to withdraw money from the account of a 66-year-old Teaneck, NJ w…
